Any person acting, or offering to act, as an insurance producer for a risk retention group or purchasing group, which solicits members, sells insurance coverage, purchases coverage for its members located within the state, or otherwise does business in this state, shall, before commencing any such activity, obtain a license from the commissioner. This section does not apply to any person acting as an insurance producer for a risk retention group doing business in this state which has fewer than twenty-six resident members or insureds.
N.D.C.C. § 26.1-46-11